Garfield Literacy and Math Night at the Center
Garfield Early Childhood Center hosts a Family Literacy and Math Night from 6 to 7 15 p m at 121 W Walnut St The event features games from 6 to 645 p m a shape and letter walk make a book crafts and interactive technology A chili dinner from 645 to 715 p m tops off the evening with a free chili supper in the multi purpose room The gathering aims to help students and parents obtain materials to work on literacy and math at home
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Garfield Early Childhood Center
W. Walnut St
Karen New Year Celebration Saturday in Garden City
The Karen community in Garden City will hold a Karen New Year event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Georgia Matthews Elementary School gymnasium, 111 Johnson St. The holiday date is Jan 5 but the weekend celebration aims to boost participation, with traditional dances songs and cultural presentations. Contact Albert Ryan at 805-7179 for details.
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Garden City
Georgia Matthews
Johnson St
Albert Ryan
Information session on KAMS Tuesday at Dodge City Library
Fort Hays State University’s Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science hosts a free information session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Dodge City Public Library as part of eight statewide sessions. Prospective students and parents learn about KAMS, meeting representatives and exploring programs for high achieving juniors and seniors.
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Fort Hays State University
Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science
Dodge City Public Library
Roger Schieferecke
KAMS
Grant funds Finney County historical project Rangers and Grangers
The Finney County Historical Society receives an 8400 grant from the Kansas Humanities Council to support the project Rangers and Grangers Settling up the Southwest. Janet Benson of Kansas State University will interview 12 descendants of early Finney County residents, with a public discussion planned in summer 2011 and a major exhibit at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City. The exhibit will display artifacts and photographs tracing local history from early days to the present.
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Finney County
Benson
Finney County Historical Museum
Garden City
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Kansas Humanities Council
Brownback seeks major state government restructuring plan
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback proposes abolishing the Medicaid agency and shifting duties to a reorganized KDHE, closing the Kansas Neurological Institute by 2014, and moving the Parole Board to the Department of Corrections. The plan aims to save about 9.2 million in the next fiscal year but faces GOP and other opposition over long term cost and safety concerns.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Kansas
State Parole Board
Brownback
Senate
John Wratil
Leawood
Vratil
Kansas Arts Commission
Human Rights Commission
Attorney General’s Office
Landon Fulmer
Kansas Neurological Institute
Sherriene Jones- Sontag
KNI
Parsons
Mark Parkinson
Joe Patton
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Fulmer
Authority
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
Schodorf
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
Department of Corrections
Brownback proposes 6 percent cut in Kansas budget
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback unveiled a 2012 budget reducing overall state spending by 6 percent to 13.9 billion, cutting base school aid by 232 per pupil, diverting 200 million from highways, eliminating 2,000 vacancies, dissolving agencies, and seeking to curb expansion while boosting Medicaid funds and pension costs. The plan relies on 488 million in lost federal stimulus and shifts funds to general government programs, with July 1 implementation and a House plan to freeze current year spending.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
House
Marc Rhoades
Rhoades
Newton
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Kansas Association of School Boards
Mark Tallman
Tallman
Fulmer
John Wratil
Wratil
Leawood
Farmers seek cuts but split on where to trim
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention delegates urged belt tightening and a balanced budget but did not agree on where to trim agriculture spending. Leaders, a senator, and Tom Vilsack signaled likely cuts, while some farmers urged targeted safety nets and expanded crop insurance to offset reductions.
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Atlanta
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Farm Bureau
Ers
US Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
U.S
Bob Stallman
Agriculture Committee
Craig Lang
Iowa Farm Bureau
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Sen
Saxby Chambliss
Georgia
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